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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, pencilled marks on front free endpaper. Green cloth with white cover lettering. Light soiling to side text edge. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear, some chipping at spine ends. Title page gives 1929 date, but no First Edition notation on copyright page. Hard to find in a dust jacket. Thomas Fogarty dust jacket art. ; ; 297 pages .
Best Friends in Summer by Bard, Mary - 1960
by Bard, Mary
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Best Friends in Summer
by Bard, Mary
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Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Small spot on front free endpaper, . jacket lightly worn, top edges of boards and page tops foxed.. 1960. First Edition. Hardcover. Illustrated tan cloth binding. Author photo and bio on rear jacket panel. A sequel to the author's novel for young readers, Best Friends, featuring the same two girls, Co Co and Suzie. The best friends become sisters after their parents marry. While they are honeymooning, Co Co and Suzie have adventures on a Western ranch. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 185 pages .
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- Illustrator Inga Pratt
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- Book Condition Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Small spot on front free endpaper, jacket lightly worn, top edges of boards and page tops f
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- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication Philadelphia
- Date Published 1960
- Keywords 1960s Children's Books
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Freckles Comes Home
by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette
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The Sea Snake
by Meader, Stephen W.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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NY: Harcourt Brace and World. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked, owner . name on front fee endpaper.. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Navy illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers. "Barney Cannon, the sixteen-year-old son of a North Carolina fisherman- a German submarine- a Nazi agent posing as a wealthy sportsman and living on the North Carolina coast- a camouflaged German submarine base on an island off the Bahamas. These are the main ingredients of Mr. Meader's new book for boys, as swift, as breath-taking, and as convincing a story as he has ever written. It is handled with the same sure touch, the skill in narrative writing, and the originality and freshness of plot that characterize Mr. Meader's books".; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 255 pages .
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The Golden Compass
by Pullman, Philip
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed.. 1996. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679879242 . Book One of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and a Carnegie Medal winner. Jacket art by Caldecott medalist Eric Rohmann. A modern fantasy classic originally published under the title Northern Lights in Great Britain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .
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Lois Lowry Signed - Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
by Lowry, Lois
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Lois Lowry's 2nd book SIGNED IN PERSON by Lois and also briefly inscribed and dated as shown. 4th printing. The book itself is as new and remarkably unblemished. DJ exhibits mild wear along the extremities but price is intact and it remains very appealing with a new mylar cover added. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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On Secret Air Service
by DRIGGS, Laurence La Tourette
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Rocky River, Ohio, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo, 324pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean, very good copy in the publisher's red cloth. Boards slightly canted, but a sturdy, unmarked copy, with the delightful bookplate of William G. Gerhard, which features a hot air balloon (Gerhard appears to have been an aviation enthusiast). In a good or slightly better pictorial dust jacket, with a large chip at the crown and other light wear. Very uncommon in the lively dust jacket. A possibly fictionalized telling of the author's exploits as a reconnaisance pilot during World War I.
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Freckles Comes Home
by Stratton-Porter, Jeanette
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Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Company. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1929. Hardcover. Text is clean. Cover shows light wear, pencilled marks on front free endpaper. Green cloth with white cover lettering. Light soiling to side text edge. Dust jacket shows minor edgewear, some chipping at spine ends. Title page gives 1929 date, but no First Edition notation on copyright page. Hard to find in a dust jacket. Thomas Fogarty dust jacket art. ; ; 297 pages .
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The Sea Snake
by Meader, Stephen W.
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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NY: Harcourt Brace and World. Good with no dust jacket; Boards lightly worn, front hinge cracked, owner . name on front fee endpaper.. 1943. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Navy illustrated cloth. Illustrated endpapers. "Barney Cannon, the sixteen-year-old son of a North Carolina fisherman- a German submarine- a Nazi agent posing as a wealthy sportsman and living on the North Carolina coast- a camouflaged German submarine base on an island off the Bahamas. These are the main ingredients of Mr. Meader's new book for boys, as swift, as breath-taking, and as convincing a story as he has ever written. It is handled with the same sure touch, the skill in narrative writing, and the originality and freshness of plot that characterize Mr. Meader's books".; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 255 pages .
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The Golden Compass
by Pullman, Philip
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NY: Alfred A. Knopf. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed.. 1996. First American Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0679879242 . Book One of Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and a Carnegie Medal winner. Jacket art by Caldecott medalist Eric Rohmann. A modern fantasy classic originally published under the title Northern Lights in Great Britain. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 399 pages .
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Lois Lowry Signed - Find a Stranger, Say Goodbye
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Lois Lowry's 2nd book SIGNED IN PERSON by Lois and also briefly inscribed and dated as shown. 4th printing. The book itself is as new and remarkably unblemished. DJ exhibits mild wear along the extremities but price is intact and it remains very appealing with a new mylar cover added. Expedited shipping is welcome; signed by author.
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On Secret Air Service
by DRIGGS, Laurence La Tourette
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Rocky River, Ohio, United States
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Boston: Little, Brown & Co, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good/good +. Octavo, 324pp., illustrated. A crisp, clean, very good copy in the publisher's red cloth. Boards slightly canted, but a sturdy, unmarked copy, with the delightful bookplate of William G. Gerhard, which features a hot air balloon (Gerhard appears to have been an aviation enthusiast). In a good or slightly better pictorial dust jacket, with a large chip at the crown and other light wear. Very uncommon in the lively dust jacket. A possibly fictionalized telling of the author's exploits as a reconnaisance pilot during World War I.
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Best Friends in Summer
by BARD Mary
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Hammond, 1960 extremely scarce title. British first edition VG copy, a red pencil tick and a few graphite price codes to fep, offset brown from the DW flap, minimal foxing or browning to the closed edges, stunning red boards, the DW not price-clipped, short tear to tail spine, and one short edge tear top of rear panel, lower corner of upper panel split at fold , overall VG DW with edge rubbing , a very nice and very rare title.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Best Friends in Summer
by BARD Mary
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Christchurch, Auckland, New Zealand
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London: Hammond, 1960 extremely scarce title, British first edition VG copy, spine has a lean to it, two pen names to fep with crossing out, unclipped DW has some heavy chips to corners with some loss at lower corners and spine tail, short edge tears but still fairly complete and tidy dust jacket 185pp + 4 pp adverts, illustrated in line. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.
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Martin Luther King Jr: A Picture Story
by Margaret Boone -Jones
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clean no tears or marks
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Tarzan and the Forbidden City
by Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Vintage Whitman Publishing Company edition 1957. Hardcover, pictorial matte boards with original dust jacket. Overall condition is very good, dust jacket showing wear at top and bottom of spine and edges, but with bright colors. Dust jacket protected by a removable mylar cover. Slight bumped corners of boards. Pages are unmarked. Beautifully illustrated endpapers, with a slight separation from binding at front hinge. Please see photos for specifics. A portion of all book sales from Babcock & 68th are donated to charity.
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The Sky and the Forest
by Forester, C.S
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Salem, Oregon, United States
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C.S. Forester: The Sky and the Forest. Little, Brown and Company, Boston. Stated First Edition First Printing Thus August, 1948. Cover price $2.75. Used. VG BOOK/VG UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. A story of a central Africa. By C.S. Forester, author of the Admiral Hornblower series.
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Samuel The Seeker
by Sinclair, Upton
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Sinclair, Upton. Samuel, The Seeker Copyright 1910. Apparently published by author. No publisher stated. First Edition. States printed at Western Printing and Lithography, Racine, WI. Yellow Boards with black titling. Used. Very Good/ No Dj is Included. Rare/Scarce. A nice copy.
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Going To the Doctor (First Experiences Series)
by Fred Rogers
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- 0399212981
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Fred Rogers: First Experiences Book Series: Going To the Doctor (1986 1st Ed. 3rd Pr. Thus, G.P. Putnam)RARE in this first hardcover edition. Quite the find. Used. VG/VG condition unclipped dust jacket, printed price $12.95 Mr. Rogers appears on the back dj panel wearing a pale blue sweater. "In this book, real life photos are used to help young people feel more comfortable with interacting with other children and making new friends. A Note From Fred Rogers: A child's first visit with a pediatrician usually comes soon after birth. It may be months or even years later, though, that a child first shows fear about going to see a doctor. The worry of an injection or some other unfamiliar medical procedure can trigger that fear. It can also appear because another family member may be feeling medical anxieties. And, of course, new body awareness and needs for privacy develop naturally in children's early years, so all these feelings can make it very hard for them to let doctors investigate the workings of…
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The Man Who Lost His Head
by Claire Huchet Bishop
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The Man Who Lost His Head. By Claire Huchet Bishop. Viking Press, Copyright Renewed 1970. 16th Impression thus. Exlib. VG/VG unclipped DJ. Original cover price $3.56. Wrap-around blue and white endpapers show a headless man walking past farm animals on his way to the fair to look for his head there. Pages are bright. Now protected in a mylar wrap. A fantasy illustrated by Robert McCloskey, author and illustrator of "Make Way For Ducklings". Summary: "A man wakes up to find that he has no head, so he goes looking for it." Hard title to find.
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience
by Marianne Parrot
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Little May and Her Friend Conscience. Used. Very Good+ Condition. RARE/SCARCE. ANTIQUARIAN CHILDREN'S BOOK. Thomas Nelson & Sons First Edition, 1876. Color front paper paste-down label is in good shape. Complete. Dark Blue, blind-stamped boards. Pocket-size. 70 pages plus adverts.
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A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth
by Verne, Jules
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Jules Verne: Jules A Journey To The Centre Of The Earth 1959 Dodd, Mead Science Fiction Book Club Edition. Special introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. USED. VG/G original red, black and white Jean Morton dust jacket. Spine of jacket is skinned by price label removal. Beige boards, red topstain, 226 pages, binding is tight. Plot summary:" In Jules Verne's JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH, a geology professor, Otto Lindenbrock, and his nephew Axel discover and decode an ancient document that purports to show that a dormant volcano holds a secret entrance to a series of caverns leading to a subterranean world at the earth's center. In the name of scientific discovery, they follow the instructions and undertake a hazardous journey deep within the earth..."
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The Fault in Our Stars
by John Green
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Black boards with silver writing on spine; dings on top of front and back boards near corners. Top and bottom corners of front boards bumped; top and bottom of spine rumpled. Chip and wrinkles on top edge of front dust jacket; chip on corner of back dust jacket near fold to spine. Shelf wear on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; tight binding and pages still look in excellent condition. Cover price of $17.99 on front dust jacket flap, which has slight wrinkle at top of flap.Dutton First Edition; Thirty-First Printing as indicated by number line ending of "40 39 38 37 36 35 34 33 32 31" on copyright page. Signed by author on second interior page. Red cloud image with Target logo and advertising Bonus DVD from author with behind-the scenes looks at the movie.Green's second novel, which became his most famous one and has been made into a movie. Hardcover and original unclipped dust jacket protected by archival Mylar cover.
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Doonesbury Classics
by Gary Trudeau
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Four trade paperback editions of classic Doonesbury cartoons. The slipcase has minor wear but the books themselves are Like New and possibly never opened! Original political satire
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